GNOA Name Authority Project

Greater New Orleans Archivists

Name Authority Project

Several years ago, the Greater New Orleans Archivists embarked on a project to build up an informal personal name authority file for use in processing and cataloging original materials produced or collected by individuals connected to the New Orleans area.

The hope is that the project will produce a useful list of local names that may be encountered in the papers and records held at more than one repository in New Orleans. Archivist A, when she encounters letters from Dutch Morial in one of her collections, will be able to use the list to determine that Archives B has already established Ernest N. Morial as the correct authority form.

Additions to the file should be submitted by GNOA members to Wayne Everard (email: nopl@gnofn.org; mail: New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112; FAX: 596-2609). Please include a note indicating the resource used to check the entry.

Several WWW-accessible tools are recommended for GNOA members interested in participating in the project:

The Library of Congress Name Authority File (Choose "Advanced Search Form"--either version--and then select the Name Authority File from the drop-down menu.)
Tulane University's online library catalog: TULANet Voyager
New Orleans Public Library's
Loyola University's online library catalog: LUCIweb
LOUIS: the online library catalogs in the state university system

Listed below, along with the name of the submitting institution and the source of the authorized form of the name submitted, are the names included so far in our local name authority file.

Almonester y Roxas, Andres, 1725-1798 [Notarial Archives, Library of Congress]
Augustin, Bennett M. [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Barrett, Sweet Emma [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Benjamin, J.P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Bezou, James F. (James Francis), 1910-1974 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Blanc, Antoine, 1792-1860 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Boggs, Lindy, 1916- [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Bonzano, Maximilian F. [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Boothby, Norman B., 1919- [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Brennan, Pamela Phillips [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Brown, Shepherd [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Callender, Alvin Andrew, 1893-1918 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Claiborne, William C.C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Compte, Rudolph E., 1901-1987 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Crabites, Pierre, 1877-1943 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Crawford, Josephine Marien, 1878-1952 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Cripps, Thomas, b. 1817? [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Dakin, James H. [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Danna, Joseph Anthony, 1877-1954 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
De Bow, J.D.B. (James Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Deutsch, Hermann B. (Hermann Bacher), 1889- [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Dodds, Baby, 1894-1959 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Dodds, Johnny, 1892-1940 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Drueding, Robert J., 1902-1977 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Ferrie, David William, 1918-1967 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Forman, L. Ronald [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Garrison, Jim, 1921- [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Gay, Edward J. (Edward James), 1878-1952 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Greenleaf, Mary Longfellow, 1816-1902 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Hemmeter, Christopher B. [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Henao, Luis Emilio [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Henry, Carmelite Garrett, 1871-1948 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Huber, Leonard Victor, 1903-1984 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Humphrey, Willie, 1900-1994 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Israel, Rose Lazard, d. 1953 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Jones, Sam H. (Sam Houston), 1897-1978 [Tulane, Tulane]
Kennedy, Evelyn Soule Ford, 1899-1991 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Kennedy, R. Emmet (Robert Emmet), 1877-1941 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Lafon, Barthelemy, 1769-1820 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Landrieu, Moon, 1930- [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Laussat, Pierre-Clement de, 1756-1835 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Lewis, George, 1900-1968 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
McGuire, David R., 1910-1960 [Tulane, Tulane]
McGuire, Jack B. (Jack Barrett), 1942 [Tulane, Tulane]
Marigny de Mandeville, Bernard Xavier Philippe de [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Mazureau, Etienne, 1772-1849 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Merrick, Edwin Thomas, 1808-1897 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Miceli, Augusto P. [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Miller, Raeburn, 1934-1990 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Moreau Lislet, Louis [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Morial, Ernest N. [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Morrison, deLesseps S., 1912-1964 [Tulane, Library of Congress]
Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Ochsner, Alton, 1896-1981 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
O'Reilly, Alejandro, 1725-1794 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Oswald, Lee Harvey [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Pavageau, Alcide, 1888-1969 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Pelletier, Gerald, 1953- [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Perez, Leander, 1891-1969 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Phelps, Edwin Forman, 1796-1863 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Phelps, Nancy Brown [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Pilie, Gilbert Joseph, d. 1846 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Pitot, James, 1761-1831 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Plessy, Homer Adolph [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Prieur, Denis, 1791-1857 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Reinecke, George F. [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Robinson, Jim, 1892-1976 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Roffignac, Joseph, 1766-1846 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Rogers, Elizabeth Cousins [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Russell, Bill, 1905-1992 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Sayles, Emanuel, 1907-1986 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Schiro, Victor H., 1904-1992 [Tulane, Tulane]
Slidell, John, 1793-1871 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Sutherland, Matthew R. (Matthew Rozelius), 1919- [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Szambelan-Strevinsky, Christine [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Taylor, Dorothy Mae [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Touro, Judah, 1775-1854 [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]
Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Trist, Elizabeth House, d. 1828 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Trudeau, Charles Laveau, ca. 1750-1816 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Veith, Paul Frederick, 1907-1954 [University of New Orleans, Library of Congress]
Victor, Claude-Victor Perrin, duc de Bellune, 1764-1841 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Villere, Alcee Jacques, 1831-1908 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Villere, Jacques Philippe, 1761-1830 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Warmoth, Henry Clay, 1842-1931 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Waud, Alfred R., 1828-1891 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Wilson, Samuel, 1911-1993 [The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress]
Wilson, Scott (Scott H.) [Tulane, Tulane]
Wright, J. Skelly [New Orleans Public Library, Library of Congress]

[Last updated: 3/9/1999]

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